Car construction.



H. E. HADDOCK.

GAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIGATIO/N rum) JAN. 26, 1911.

1,054,540.- v Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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H. E. HADDOCK.

GAR CONSTRUCTION. I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26. 1911.

1 054 540. Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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HENRY E. HADDOt'JK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE J'. G. BRILLCOMPANY,

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A CORPORATION OF PIE'INJSTSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I Fb 25; 1913,

A Application fi led January 26, 1911. Serial No. 504,765.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be known that I, HENRY E. HAnDocK, a citizen of the United States,residing in Cleveland, Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in CarConstruction, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invent on relates to certain improve; ments in the construction ofpassenger cars used on city or inter-urban railways, although it will beunderstood: that the invention can be applied to any type of car withoutdeparting from the'es se itial features of the invention. I

One object of the invention is to construct a car, of which the major.portion is of metal and to so brace the car as to properly carry theweight and the platform load.

A further object of the invention is ,to utilize a part of the frame asa conduit for running electric cables In the accompanying drawings:.Figure 1 is an end; elevation, showing the skeleton of a passengercar; Fig.2, is a sectional planview'on the line 2 2', Fig. 1; Fig. 3, isa sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 1, drawn to an enlarg d scale, andFig. 4, is a transverse sectionalview on the line 44, Fig. 1 of, acompleted car made in accordance with I my invention.

. stance, is of steel; and consists of two sills B,

which extend the length of the car body. A. be t as nnel i em t E also,ext d the 1 1. gt-hvfthe edy p r on. and; a ser e bows; D; rming p stand ief-- ters d lhese bows are preferably made in one piece and. extendfrom one side of the car body to the other. Back of the channel membersE is an, angle sill member 13..

rie t pape y Suppo he b y f t e r n to wry a xpla pim l I provide ateach side, offthe car a brace I, which extends in zi'grzag. form fromthe belt rail channel? to the sillchannel. brace I is; made n. wea ear'eia m a i n mb rs Hi. are the short channel. sect ons, at each *e ii joft e n a a n t hisi f th e m ters bet. and. s a t er v i member locateddirectly under the belt rail channel and, forms an abutment for theother channel members, thus making a very rigid construction.

length of thecar and is secured to the sill channel and belt railchannel, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Heretofore, this plate was madecomparatively heavy and would sustain the platforniload and the body ofthe ca between the trucks, but in this instance thg plates at each sideof the car are made comparatively light as the load and strains aretaken by the brace members; the plates simply acting as gussets toreinforce the channel braces. These channel braces may be made insections as illustrated in Fig. 1, or they may be made in a continuouspiece extending from end to end and bentinto F is the plate whichextends the-full shape. The bow members D ofthe frame, as

before remarked, are bent so as to form curved rafters to which the roofis secured, making a very stable structure. The ends of the bow members,which form the posts, are

,rigidly secured to the frame consisting of I the plate F and channelmembers.

GG are the bulkhead frames or ends of the car and extending throughoutthe entire length of the car body proper are two pipes N, which act asthe center braces of the car body and at the same time as conduitsthrough which the electric cables and .wires pass from both. ends of thebody of the car to the motor or motors, as the case may be. v

The pipes N screw into plates n, which are in turn fastened to. the endsills of the car body and extensions N of the pipes are fcarricd underthe, platform alongsidethe beams to a junction box it directly below thecontroller, which is mounted on the platform so that these pipes ortubes not only act as strengtheningmembers for-the base frame of thecar, but also act as means for the reception or protection of theelectric wires, which, heretofore, .were' placed in separate tubes.Furthermore, it will be understcod' that the car canfbe constructed and1V1 'le. my invention s particularly adaptfe for the construction of;street andJintern ba ij cai;s, it will be understood that it can be usedin the ordinary long passenger cars without departing from the essentialfeatures of the invention.

I claim:

1. The combination in a car body, of side plates vertically arranged andextending along each side of the said body from end to end thereof, asill channel at the lower end of the said plate, a belt railchannelmember at the upper side of the said plate, and braces extendingthroughout the'length of the car body diagonally from one of saidchannel members to the other on one side of the plate, with a series ofbows spaced apart and forming the rafters and posts of the car.

2. The combination in a car body, of a side frame consisting of alongitudinal sill member and a longitudinal belt rail member 'bothextending from one bulk head to the 20 other, a plate secured to thesill member and belt rail member, a continuous brace having anglesections at each end of the car body and located between the sill memberand belt rail member, bows forming the roof, and 25 posts secured tosaid members.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY E. HADDOCK.

, Witnemes:

G. C. MAPES,

